{"id":2897,"date":"2012-11-26T17:30:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T23:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/office-ink.ontimesupplies.com\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2022-08-17T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:08:35","slug":"video-improve-office-ergonomics-with-diy-exercise-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/video-improve-office-ergonomics-with-diy-exercise-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: improve office ergonomics with diy exercise equipment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.google.com\/sorry\/index?continue=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3DMHTb1GAR534%26hd%3D1&#038;q=EhAmADwAAAAAAPA8kf_-OlQIGN2S-4AGIhkA8aeDSwu275M00-gt2j_XXoutdBwCJixCMgFy\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The dangers of sitting all day at work are well known at this point: <a title=\"Why Sitting At Work Can Be So Deadly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/robertglatter\/2012\/05\/27\/sitting-at-work-increases-your-chance-of-dying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">increased BMI and mortality<\/a>, as well as stress and discomfort in the lower back, shoulders and neck. A good ergonomic desk <a href=\"https:\/\/office-ink.ontimesupplies.com\/ergonomics\/choosing-the-right-ergonomic-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mitigates those dangers<\/a>, as can a <a title=\"Ergonomics in the Workplace: improve comfort, safety and energy levels.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/solutions\/guide-to-ergonomics-in-the-workplace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">standing desk<\/a>. But the best thing you can do to improve the ergonomics in your office is take the sedentary out of your\u00a0sedentary\u00a0job and add some activity to your day. You can start by\u00a0taking periodic breaks to stand up, walk around and stretch. \u00a0In this video, green-building pioneer Lloyd Kahn shows you how to take it to the next level and rig up an in office gym with little more than rope and a few exercise bands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the ideas in this video, but not everyone has the space or the ability to turn their office into a gym. Luckily, there plenty of exercises you can do in your office&nbsp;that don&#8217;t require any equipment, and won&#8217;t rumple your clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lloyd Kahn&#8217;s Office Gym via Lifehacker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dangers of sitting all day at work are well known at this point. Lloyd Kahn shows you how to add activity to your work day with diy exercise equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[204],"tags":[135],"class_list":["post-2897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ergonomics-in-the-workplace","tag-ergonomics-in-the-workplace-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7617,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions\/7617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}